Jim Clark's History Of The World

BRIEFING - JIM CLARK'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD

ON THIS DATE in A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died after being fed poison mushrooms by his wife.

In 1775 the Continental Congress ordered construction of a naval fleet to fight the British Navy.

In 1792 President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the White House, but his term expired before he could move in. The first president to live in the White House was John Adams, who moved in on Nov. 1, 1800. ... Also in 1792 the first Old Farmer's Almanac was published.

In 1843 the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded in New York.

In 1903 Babes in Toyland opened in New York. ... In 1914 black inventor Garret Morgan patented the first gas mask.

In 1926 Jesse Brown, the first black American Navy aviator to die in combat, was born in Hattiesburg, Miss. He was shot down over Korea in 1950.

In 1951 a rubber-covered football was used for the first time in a college game. Georgia Tech beat Louisiana State 25-7 in Atlanta.

In 1958 the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra recorded ``Tea for Two Cha Cha.'' It became the last of the big-band songs to become a top 10 record. It marked the end of the big-band era and the arrival of rock 'n' roll as the most popular type of music.

In 1963 the Beatles made their first major television appearance in London. Thousands of fans jammed the streets around the theater.

In 1988 the cardinal of Turin reported that the Shroud of Turin, thought to carry the imprint of Christ's face, had been scientifically dated to the Middle Ages.